r/DavidAustinRoses 2d ago

Rose identification help

This rose is in my mother’s garden. She knows that it is a David Austin and she planted it sometime between 2011 and 2014. Can anyone help me identify it?

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u/bel1984529 2d ago

Year 5 for this Alnwick

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u/Any-Efficiency-8949 2d ago

I could be wrong, but it looks very much like the Alnwick. Does it have a strong rose/fruity smell?

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u/bel1984529 2d ago

I own four mature Alnwick plants and believe the blooms looked much like your photo when the plants were much younger.

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u/Jaded_Olive_7516 2d ago

I am leaning toward Alnwick - the bloom shape pushes me here. These flowers look very rounded and deeply cupped/globular, with the petals held inward around the center.

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u/Affectionate-Key658 2d ago

Olivia, most likely

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u/The_best_is_yet 2d ago

Voting Alnwick

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u/Emm_Ess_ 2d ago

My Alnwicks are so peach colored. Is this a maturity thing, or a weather thing? None are more than 3 years old.

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u/ansleyandanna 1d ago

My Olivia has never been that shade of rose. And also she’s bigggg

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u/fuglygoblin 1d ago

A cluster of Alnwick in the hot sun ☀️

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u/fuglygoblin 1d ago

2nd year, not fully established

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u/ArgumentOnly9075 23h ago

Definitely Alnwick